26 thoughts on “Current Calls for Submissions”

I was wondering if you have any more information about the Viking anthology. I’d like to start writing. Will you be looking for historical Viking stories, Viking stories with a mostly-historical fantasy element, or completely fantastic Vikings detached from our own history?

Do you have any current open submissions? Maybe an anthology about ‘first timers’ in erotica. I’ve written a 10,000 word erotica about a couple exploring erotica and group play for the first time. I’m currently working on one revolving around a classical pianist (27) who is naive to love, who is a virgin, and an older composer (40), once reclusive, who may have found inspiration again. Thank you!

No anthologies are open currently, but that doesn’t sound like our type of thing. Unless it is the couple’s first time with group sex WITH VAMPIRES or perhaps on another planet or otherwise science fiction or fantasy, it’s really not what we publish.

I’ve a finished submission for the “Like a Spell” anthology, but the total word count is 7716. I did see that you may consider under 8000, and there is detailed description of sexual interaction, as well as important story line to make the characters well rounded and believable. If I must cut those 700 words to be considered, is it better to cut hot sex action or character development? Thanks!

Anything that close to the word count is usually fine to submit and if the story feels long the editor would suggest where to trim it. The word count ranges we give are general guesses rather than strict numerical limits.

I suppose I confused myself by seeing the “Like A Spell” Anthology call, noting the story length guild-lines; then looking at the general submission guidelines right after that. For some reason, I got a limit of 10,000 words stuck in my brain. If it’s not too foolish a question, as long as my finished product falls below the 10,000 word mark, is it still acceptable to submit it? Thanks!

How about an anthology on erotic detective novels? Too much? I’ve written a novella, comedy, based upon a detective who has quite a sexual fixation, and a quirky sense of humor. Action, comedy, sex… what more could you ask for!

Thanks for the suggestion, A.D. We did a detective anthology already a while ago (LIKE A MYSTERY UNCOVERED: http://www.circlet.com/?p=1149) as well as a Sherlockian one (Elementary Erotica: http://www.circlet.com/?page_id=346). If you’re trying to market a detective novella, though, I’m afraid it wouldn’t likely fit our anthologies anyway–we take short stories only. As for what else we could ask for, well, it must have a science fiction or fantasy twist to fit our needs, as well. Best of luck, though.

I submitted a short for the “Journey to the center of desire” anthology (deadline; July 31, 2015). I got an email from the editor that it had been received and that I would hear from her by the end of August (2015), and when I didn’t hear from her, I sent another email in mid-September, inquiring as to the status of my submission, to which I never got a reply.

The call for submissions for said anthology is still on your Call-for-submission page, despite its outdated status.

Similar to previous comments, very interested in submitting, but would love to know if there are going to be current openings for submissions to an anthology and the themes, as I see now the ones currently posted are from last year.

In all seriousness, though, I just noticed the comment form has a “sign up to our newsletter” checkmark. Does the newsletter include new calls for submissions by chance? That might solve a lot of folks’ issues.

We also have an authors-only email list that we occasionally exhort people who have published with us to join, and all calls for submissions do go to that list as well. It’s circlet-authors@googlegroups.com and I just sent you an invite to it. -Cecilia

I like this anthology idea and will work on a piece. Can the “beast” character be in anthropomorphic form when engaged in the erotic scenes? I want to confirm that this doesn’t get confused with the bestiality subject that is not permitted. Thank you.

I am currently ghost writing for a 50000 word book based on a uk dominatrix who has been a working and lifestyle mistress for 23 years. approx. It will include how she became a dominatrix and an insight to many scenarios from both hers and the subs experiences. Is this something you would consider as a submission to publish if the quality is there?